Carriage-top



J. M. FREEMAN.

Carriage-Top.

Patented Feb. 14, 1860.

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JAMES M. FREEMAN, OF BELLEVILLE, NEW YORK.

CARRIAGE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,121, dated February 14, 1860.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. FREEMAN, of Belleville, in the county of J elferson and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Tops; and I do hereby declare that the followlng is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 a view of the standard to the top without the improvement and Fig. 8 a view of the standard to the top with the improvement.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching arm A to the lower part of the standard B at or near its junction with the seat C, and running thence forward and parallel with the side or arm of the seat G, and so made or shaped as to conform to and with the shape of the side or arm of the seat G.

To the front end of the arm A is attached a button Dwhich is for the purpose of fastening down the curtains-(in other carriage tops this button D is attached to the seat as at E, and when the top is let down or back this curtain must be unbuttoned or the curtain will be tornthis is inevitable).

The object of the arm A and the button D is to allow the carriage top to be raised and lowered without buttoning or unbuttoning the side curtains and when the carriage top is thrown back or let down the arm A will not interfere with getting in and out of the carriageand also by means of the arm A to extend the top forward so as more perfectly to protect the person from the storm. The arm A and button D is intended as an improvement upon the improved carriage top patented by Pardon Boydon of Sandy Creek, N. Y., and for which Letters Patent were granted by the Government of the United States on the 29th day of March, 1859.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The arm A with its button D or its equivalent which will allow the carriage top to be raised and lowered without buttoning and unbuttoning, or injuring the curtains to the top, and allow at the same time the top to be extended forward so as more completely to protect the person from storms and inclement weather.

JAMES M. FREEMAN.

Witnesses:

MILLS A. HARKLEY, JOSIAH B. SHELDON. 

